Friday, July 2, 2021

Garden Highlights

Things in our garden are moving right ahead and blooming left right and centre.  I think I'd better catch you up on that too; some of these blooms are pretty spectacular.  The Clematis are at their peak, Hostas have started flowering and the first Day Lily has bloomed!

The Agapanthus is a beautiful new plant for us, given to us by friends.  Apparently it likes to be rootbound, so it sits in a pot by the front door, in front of some Petunias.  And that means I can get really close to it.  

Our many Hosta plants are starting to bloom now, so I'll have more pictures in the coming weeks.  I remember at the old house where they were mostly planted along an old fencerow some distance from the house, the deer would come along and just eat the blooms.

This is a tiny little flower group, the whole thing only about an inch across.  It's from our new Purpleberry shrub, and the only way I could see it was for the head gardener to pick a bloom and bring it over to the patio for me to see.  We're hoping for rafts of the nice purple berries in the fall.

As I said, our  Clematis are just at their peak.  This one grows on the side of the house beside the hydro meter.  It's in a location that I can never see safely, so I appreciate the picture.

And this is the Valerian, a very fragrant plant that spread all over our former garden, and was often almost crawling with little butterflies and other insects.  One of the most fragrant flowers in the garden and one of my favourites for that reason.

And here is our first Day Lily of the year, one of 15 gifted to us by friends.  This is a long distance photo taken through the window, so it's less than ideal, but expect to see numerous Day Lily pictures here as they all bloom over the next 3 weeks.  We must have about 20 varieties.  You can see yesterday's bloom fading away; Mrs. F.G. hadn't got out to remove it before I took the picture.  That's why they are called Day Lilies, they only bloom for a day.





15 comments:

  1. I had a purple jackmanii clematis at my old house and I so appreciated the show it provided every spring. The agapanthus is simply lovely - I've never seen one before. All the blooms are such a blessing after a long winter.

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  2. Amazing that you have Hosta flowers already, it will be a month until any of ours bloom -- if the deer don't eat the buds first. That Agapanthus is an outstanding flower, I don't think I've ever seen one.

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  3. I'm looking forward to seeing all of those Day Lilies.

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  4. Great variety and pics. Well described too.

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  5. Day Lilies, hardy, living in all conditions, and a bloom for a day, then more and more appear. Many years ago we lived near a Day Lily nursery, rows and rows of so many different stunning colours, from pale blue to deep purple. The grower said they were indestructible , as I watched her husband attack the thick roots with a machete, to divide them up .The clematis is stunning.

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  6. All the flowers are so pretty. Great photos.

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  7. gorgeous, i know mrs.fg works very hard on the gardens. the purples are fabulous, now we have to invent a way to get those daylilies to bloom longer!!

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  8. Your garden is obviously at its most beautiful!! The Agapanthus is stunning.

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  9. A fine collection of flower photos. So nice to have so many varieties. I think Day Lilies have to be one of the toughest flowers of ever. They seem to flourish everywhere.

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  10. It's a beautiful time of year and must be particularly appreciated after the long winters in your part of the world.

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  11. Your flowers are gorgeous! I'm glad you can get up close and personal with them, FG. I really didn't know that is why day lilies have that name.

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  12. What beautiful flowers in your garden!! I can't name half of them but you can! :)

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